Folding dress-pillow



H. S. STERNBERGER.

(N o Modelr) FOLDING DRESS PILLOW.

No. 3 24.604. Patented Aug. 18, 1885.

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HERMAN S. STERNBERGEB, OF PIQUA, OHIO.

FOLDING DRESS-P|LLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,604, dated August18, 1885.

Application filed March .23, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HERMAN S. STERN- BERGER, of Piqua, in the county ofMiami and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFolding DressTillows, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view, with the cover at the upper side partly broken away,showing the tuck therein, of my improved folding dress-pillow. Fig. 2 isa perspective View of the device partially folded; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview of the inner side of one of the sections of covering; and Fig. 4.,an enlarged perspective view of the end of the axial piece, showing themethod of securing the ribs thereto.

The present invention is an improvement in folding dress-pillows, inwhich I provide an axial piece having hinged thereto at the ends aseries of ribs radiating therefrom, one of the said ribs beingstationary relative to the axlal piece, so as to permit the other hingedr bs swinging around laterally against the fixed rib, and also whereinthe part taken up in the seam connecting the cover with the facing ofthe opposite ribs is compensated for by forming a tuck in the coveringadjoining the fixed rib, all of which will now be fully set forth indetail.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents my improved folding pillow,in which Bis a central axial piece of any convenient form. Radiatingoutwardly from the ends of this axial piece I provide a series of ribs,0 E F G, each rib formed of a continuous rib of wire or other suitablematerial,extending outwardly from one end of the axial piece and forminga curve, and thence returning to the opposite end of the said axialpiece. One of these said ribs, 0, is designed to be fixed securely atthe ends to the opposite ends of the axial piece, preferably by means ofstaples D. Oppositely to this rib (J, I design to provide two parallelribs, E and F; and extending out wardly from each side of the axialpiece, be tween the fixed rib Gand the swinging ribs E and F, I provideswinging ribs G. These ribs G, E, and F have their ends connecting withthe axial piece provided with eyes H therein, within which are placedscrews I, extending into the ends of the said axial piece, which permitsof the ribs E and F swinging around laterally, and, with the ribs G,fold up at each side of the fixed rib O. This obviates the tendency ofthe axial piece becoming twisted relative to the ribs, which is liableto occur when all the ribs are simply hinged to the axial piece.

As ordinarily constructed, in forming the cover J by cutting in from onecorner to the center to connect the facings of the opposite ribs withthe said cover, the seam necessary for this purpose contracts thecovering at one corner of the device and makes it somewhat out ofproportion. So to overcome this inequality 1 cut the canvas or ticking Jdiagonally across from one corner to the other, and then, by means of aseam, j, half-way across, form a tuck, K, decreasing in depth from theinner to the outer end. This comes on the inside of the cloth or canvasJ. This tuck is designed to be of a sufficient depth to overcometheinequality in the parts of the canvas taken up by the seams. Theother portion of the out has edges j,which are fitted,respectively, overand upon the ribs E and F.

The object of the tuck K is to adapt the cover snugly to the convexityof the pillowframe.

I sometimes find it convenient, instead of cutting the canvas partiallyacross and then providing a tuck, as already shown, to cut it acrossdiagonally from one corner to the other, thus forming twojtriangularpieces, and then sewing them together from one corner to the center, theseam in the part opposite to the part connecting with the facing beingas deep as the seam necessary to connect the facings. Either of theseforms I find convenient, though the first, as described, is preferable.This canvas, as thus constructed, is then extended over the ribs, asshown in the drawings, and

can be opened out, forming a neat pillow, as

shown in Fig. 1.

In folding up the device the ribs E, F, and G may be swung aroundagainst the sides of the stationary rib G, folding up the device withina small compass.

I do not broadly claim in this patent a pillow having a series offolding wires pivoted to a central axis, as this feature is set forth inmy application of June 2, 1885, and numbered 151,803; neither do Ibroadly claim a folding wire frame for a pillow-case.

What I claim is 1. In a folding pillow, a covering having each of theupper and lower parts formed of a single piece provided with a took fromone corner diagonally to the center and centrally to the oppositecorner, cut so as to furnish edges whereby the edges of the facings maybe stitched, substantially as herein set forth.

2.' The combination of a series of hinged ribs with the covering havingeach of the upper and lower parts formed of a single piece provided witha tuck from one corner diagonally to the center and centrally to theopposite corner, cut so as to furnish edges whereby the edges of thefacings may be stitched, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the axial piece, haviug thereon at the ends asingle stationary rib 20 and a seriesof hinged radiating ribs, and thecovering having each'of its upper and lower parts formed with a diagonaltuck and'opening, so as to readily attach the facings thereto, the wholearranged as and for the purpose 25 substantially as herein set forth anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,this 17th day of March,1885, in the presence of witnesses.

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I. \Vitnesses:

WM. HARTLEY IUGH, O. F. Znnnn.

